Sr isotopic age analysis of co-occurring miocene phosphate grain types on the North Carolina continental shelf

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-73

  Riggs, Stanley ^a   Stille, Peter ^b   Ames, Dorothea ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; HARD COATINGS; HYDROXYAPATITE; ISOTOPES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHOSPHATE COATINGS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEA LEVEL;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; PHOSPHATE GRAINS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SKELETAL MATERIALS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES;

STRONTIUM;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE GRAIN TYPES; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

ATLANTIC, NORTH CAROLINA SHELF, ONSLOW BAY;

EID: 0030904806     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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